From PFT weekly rankings:

(Posted on 10/9/12 at 10:29 am)

22. Saints: If Drew Brees can keep setting the all-time record for consecutive games with a touchdown pass each week, will the Saints keep getting calls down the stretch to ensure that the team also wins the game?

re: From PFT weekly rankings: (Posted on 10/9/12 at 10:46 am to Farva)

What big calls did they get? The calls to put the Chargers in 3rd and 37 or whatever it was got wiped out by a 5 yard automatic first down penalty. If anything the PI that put them on our 6 yard line was pretty bullshite

ETA: just remember PI on Gates. I was at the game so he couldn't tell if he actually did anything, but that get balanced out by our phantom PI IMO

re: From PFT weekly rankings: (Posted on 10/9/12 at 11:07 am to Farva)

quote:I also think there were bad calls (mostly non-calls) against us. I thought Smith was being held on several plays, but never drew a flag.

Colston was molested on at least two of his three touchdown passes, and it was finally called on the 3rd one. I think Gates wouldn't have gotten called if it hadn't obviously caused separation between Harper and himself. He extended and got separation, which is pass interference.

I hear where you are coming from, but after the 5 yard penalty, they had still been penalized 1/4 of the entire field.

The converse of your argument is also true. That is, if not for the penalties against SD (assuming some were bad calls), there is a good chance they are within 20 yards of the endzone with over 1 minute left. Instead they had 1st and 37 on their own 30ish.

Anyhow, the point is, there were bad calls against both teams, theirs just came during an attempted game-winning drive.